Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in Research and Practice

465 Pages·2004·2.36 MB·English

by  Richard G. Heimberg

GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
ADVANCES IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Edited by
Richard G. Heimberg
Cynthia L. Turk
Douglas S. Mennin
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About the Editors
RichardG.Heimberg,PhD,isProfessorofPsychology,DirectorofClinicalTrain-
ing, and Director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic at Temple University. He is well
known for his efforts in developing and evaluating cognitive-behavioral treat-
ments,especiallyforsocialanxiety.Dr.Heimberghaspublishedmorethan225ar-
ticlesandchaptersonanxietydisordersandrelatedtopics.Heiscoeditororcoau-
thorofseveralbooks,includingSocialPhobia:Diagnosis,Assessment,andTreatment
(1995,GuilfordPress)andCognitive-BehavioralGroupTherapyforSocialPhobia:Ba-
sic Mechanisms and Clinical Strategies (2002, Guilford Press). Dr. Heimberg is past
president of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He was re-
centlynamedoneofthefourmostinfluentialpsychologicalresearchersinanxiety
inasurveyofmembersoftheAnxietyDisordersAssociationofAmerica,andhe
serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of that association. Dr. Heimberg is a
founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and was the inaugural
recipient of the Academy’s A. T. Beck Award for Significant and Enduring
Contribution to Cognitive Therapy.
CynthiaL.Turk,PhD,joinedthepsychologyfacultyatLaSalleUniversityin2002
andiscurrentlytheDirectoroftheLaSalleAnxietyDisordersTreatmentandRe-
search Program. She received her doctoral degree from Oklahoma State Univer-
sityin1996.Priortohercurrentposition,Dr.TurkwasAssociateDirectorofthe
AdultAnxietyClinicatTempleUniversityandDirectorofitsGeneralizedAnxiety
Program.Hermaininterestsareintheassessmentandtreatmentofanxietydisor-
ders, particularly generalized anxiety disorder and social phobia.
Douglas S. Mennin, PhD, is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of
PsychologyatYaleUniversityandDirectorofYaleAnxietyandMoodServices.He
received his doctoral degree from Temple University in 2001, and with Drs.
HeimbergandTurk,helpedtoestablishtheGeneralizedAnxietyProgramatthe
AdultAnxietyClinicatTempleUniversity.Dr.Mennin’sprimaryinterestsaregen-
eralizedanxietydisorder,theroleofdifficultiesinemotionregulationingeneral-
izedanxietydisorderandothermentaldisorders,andtheintegrationofcognitive-
behavioral and emotion-focused therapies.
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Contributors
Anne Marie Albano, PhD, Child Study Center, New York University School of
Medicine, New York, New York
OscarM.Alcaine,MA,DepartmentofPsychology,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,
University Park, Pennsylvania
PatriciaM.Averill,PhD,UniversityofTexas–HoustonHarrisCountyPsychiatric
Center, Houston, Texas
J. Gayle Beck, PhD, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State Uni-
versity of New York, Buffalo, New York
EvelynBehar,MS,DepartmentofPsychology,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Uni-
versity Park, Pennsylvania
ThomasD.Borkovec,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,PennsylvaniaStateUniver-
sity, University Park, Pennsylvania
Kristin Buhr, MA, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
LouisG.Castonguay,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,PennsylvaniaStateUniver-
sity, University Park, Pennsylvania
KatherineCrits-Christoph,PhD,CenterforPsychotherapyResearch,Department
of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paul Crits-Christoph, PhD, Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of
Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michel J. Dugas, PhD, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Mon-
treal, Quebec, Canada
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viii Contributors
MaryBethConnollyGibbons,PhD,CenterforPsychotherapyResearch,Depart-
ment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RobertA.Gould,PhD,(deceased)DepartmentofPsychiatry,MassachusettsGen-
eral Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Jack M. Gorman, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Medical School, New
York, New York
Sabine Hack, MD, ChildStudy Center,New YorkUniversity Schoolof Medicine,
New York, New York
Richard G. Heimberg, PhD, Adult Anxiety Clinic, Department of Psychology,
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JenniferL.Hudson,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,MacquarieUniversity,Syd-
ney, Australia
Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts
RobertLadouceur,PhD,EcoledePsychologie,UniversitéLaval,Ste-Foy,Quebec,
Canada
RobertL.Leahy,PhD,AmericanInstituteforCognitiveTherapy,NewYork,New
York
R. Bruce Lydiard, MD, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science,
UniversityofSouthCarolinaSchoolofMedicine,Columbia,SouthCarolina,and
Southeast Health Consultants, Charleston, South Carolina
ColinMacLeod,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofWesternAustralia,
Nedlands, Perth, Australia
DouglasS.Mennin,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,YaleUniversity,NewHaven,
Connecticut
Jan Mohlman, PhD, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
New York
Christine Molnar, PhD, Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
JeannineMonnier,PhD,DepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences,Med-
ical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
MichelleG.Newman,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,PennsylvaniaStateUniver-
sity, University Park, Pennsylvania
Contributors ix
MichaelW.Otto,PhD,DepartmentofPsychiatry,MassachusettsGeneralHospital
and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
RonaldM.Rapee,PhD,DepartmentofPsychology,MacquarieUniversity,Sydney,
Australia
Elizabeth Rutherford, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Western
Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
Steven A. Safren, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospi-
tal and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Smit S. Sinha, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York,
New York
Cynthia L. Turk, PhD, Department of Psychology, La Salle University, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania
EllenE.Walters,MS,DepartmentofHealthCarePolicy,HarvardMedicalSchool,
Boston, Maasachusetts
David O’Neill Washington, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Gen-
eral Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Adrian Wells, MSc, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Man-
chester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, PhD, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy,
TechnicalUniversityofDresden,Dresden,Germany,andMaxPlanckInstituteof
Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Munich, Germany